Curricular Unit:			Code:
Waste Management			997GRES
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Undergraduate	Quality, Environment and Safety Management	6 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese/English	78
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
Develop knowledge to solve problems and justify arguments, develop ability to collect, select and interpret relevant information to substantiate recommended solutions, including social, scientific and relevant ethical aspects; Build capacity to convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to various audiences, both specialists and non- specialists; Develop self-learning skills for lifelong learning; The aim of this course is to enable students to develop skills relating the principles governing management of solid wastes and the latest technologies involved in collection, transport and treatment, perform spatial analysis of the impacts resulting from the implementation of new infrastructures and/or modifications to existing solid waste infrastructures, and spatial analysis in solid waste transport and management.
Syllabus:
Introduction to waste; Sources, composition, properties and waste processing; Sources, types and properties of hazardous waste; Generation rates and waste collection; Handling and separation of waste, storage and processing at the source; waste collection; Separation, processing and processing of waste; Industrial waste; Hospital waste; Legislation; National and European legislation on waste
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
Introduction to waste: it is intended to introduce the student to the field of solid waste management and to identify the needs that must be met by those engaged in the field. Sources, properties and processing of wastes: characteristics that allow identification of waste are discussed, as also the available treatments. Management and treatment of waste: based on the latest legislation, topics allowing to understand how to make the management and efficient processing of solid waste, with the aim to achieve environmental sustainability are discussed.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The teaching methodologies are mainly expositive, interrogative and demonstrative, both during classes and tutorial orientation sessions. Case-studies are frequently used, in order to allow the interpretation and correct application of theoretical knowledge. Students are encouraged and oriented to perform research essays. Whenever possible, lectures with external guests are promoted. The evaluation is continuous, through the practical application of knowledge in individual or group assignments, and research essays.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The methodologies of teaching and learning of this course were programmed to boost the practical application of learned theoretical concepts. It is primarily intended for students to be able to identify appropriate operational practices at the level of solid waste management contributing to sustainable development. Thus, lectures with external speakers, and case studies analyzed in class are learning-oriented study that allow students to understand the relevance of these issues in the practice of environmental management instruments, as well as the important role they can play in this framework.
Reading:
[1] TCHOBANOGLOUS, G, THEISEN, H and VIGIL, S. A. - Integrated Solid Waste Management - McGraw-Hill, 1993 [2] Richard T. Wright e Dorothy Boorse – Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future 13/E – Pearson, 2017 [3] H.S. Bhatia – A Comprehensive Book on Industrial Waste and Its Management – The Readers Paradise, 2020 [4] Richard Wright – Environmental Science: Toward A Sustainable Future 13th Edition, 2022